About the Object

Name:	NGC 4321
Distance:	56 million light years
Constellation:	Coma Berenices
Category:	Galaxies MIRI NIRCam

Coordinates

Position (RA):	12 22 57.92
Position (Dec):	15° 49' 6.47"
Field of view:	1.76 x 2.18 arcminutes
Orientation:	North is 15.3° right of vertical

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Colours & filters

Band	Wavelength	Telescope
Infrared	3.0 μm	James Webb Space Telescope NIRCam
Infrared PAH	3.35 μm	James Webb Space Telescope NIRCam
Infrared	3.6 μm	James Webb Space Telescope NIRCam
Infrared PAH	7.7 μm	James Webb Space Telescope MIRI
Infrared PAH	7.7 μm	James Webb Space Telescope MIRI
Infrared Silicate	10 μm	James Webb Space Telescope MIRI
Infrared PAH	11 μm	James Webb Space Telescope MIRI
Infrared	21 μm	James Webb Space Telescope MIRI

NGC 4321

This spiral galaxy was observed as part of the Physics at High Angular resolution in Nearby GalaxieS (PHANGS) program, a large project that includes observations from several space- and ground-based telescopes of many galaxies to help researchers study all phases of the star formation cycle, from the formation of stars within dusty gas clouds to the energy released in the process that creates the intricate structures revealed by Webb’s new images.

NGC 4321 is 56 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices.

Learn more about what can be seen in this vast collection of Webb images here.

[Image description: Webb’s image of NGC 4321 shows a face-on spiral galaxy anchored by its central region, which is located at far right, midway down, slightly cut off at far right. Darker, filamentary orange arms spiral away counterclockwise, showing only arc shapes.]

Credit:

NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, J. Lee (STScI), T. Williams (Oxford), PHANGS Team

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